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Re: Funbot i1 motor issues - 6 years ago

I thinks it’s a pc04? 5mm to 6mm thread from memory... make sure you thread the coupler in straight or you will have issues... where are you located?

Re: Anet A8M - 6 years ago

That’s a KFB 2.0 board. Here’s an helpful instructable Link on the board.

Re: SmartRap Mini 2 - 6 years ago

Keep doing what your doing Orbitalair. Having built and used a Smartrap Mini, I know what the Pros and Cons are. It’s a great learning project, It prints well when if you leave it stationary. It’s finicky if you try to oversized it, or move it often. If you build it, and like 3d printing for very long, your gonna tear it down and use its bones for parts on your new printer... I still keep my old

Re: SmartRap Mini 2 - 6 years ago

Yeah, I mentioned to you earlier that I prefered belts to strings when I was using the Smartrap Mini. Keep up the work... Mike

Re: Rotary Print Bed on a RepRap - 6 years ago

Very Cool, Thanks for the details.. I've got a project for this.

Re: Rotary Print Bed on a RepRap - 6 years ago

That’s pretty cool. You want to give us some details?

Re: Large Power Supply Question - 6 years ago

Use a dell server power supply. Conversion link below Dell Poweredge 2800 930W PSU 12V@75.7A

Re: Hey Folks. Rebuilding my relic printer. Lots of upgrades. - 6 years ago

Kind of looks like my old Ordbot Hadron. It was a good printer. My brother currently has it.

Re: Thoughts on a beginner CNC - 6 years ago

I have an original Shapeoko. I think I paid $200ish for the kit minus electrics and motors when I bought it 4 years ago. My big purchase hobby budget is somewhere between $300-400 price tag. I have family and more important responsibilities that keep me from budgeting anymore towards hobby stuff. Important features, reliability, ease of use. CNC requires more setup when your ready to use it, so I

Re: Steppers Work in One Direction Only - 6 years ago

I’m not sure if repetier is like marlin, but in your configuration.h file you will need to set true or false for your invert endstop. If your endstopsshouldnt be triggered then change it from its current state.

Re: Y axis responding to X end stop?? - 6 years ago

Look in your pins.h file for your board. If your using a ramps board XMin should be 3 and YMin should be 14.

Re: Anet A8 Firmware upgrade question - 6 years ago

Look for Skynet Firmware for Anet

Re: Marlin won't compile - 6 years ago

Find/Rename fpos_t to fpost in the SdBasefile.cpp & SdBasefile.h files to fix it. I had it happen to me too

Re: SmaryRap Mini 2 - 6 years ago

The mini Smartrap was the printer that started it all for me. I had an Ordbot Hadron kit, but it was a bit overwhelming for me at the time. I then found the Smartrap, and ordered the plastic and parts off of ebay. It wasn't hard to get it assembled and printing, but took constant tuning everytime I moved it. I quickly moved from fishing line to belts, autobed level, and other upgrades. It printed

Re: Which printer to build for abs? - 6 years ago

Have you checked into making an encloser for your current printer? IKEA lack tables?

Re: Things you should buy when starting with a 3D-Printer... - 6 years ago

I like using Dell USFF DA-2 12v 18A power bricks for my printers. You can pick them up for around $12 on eBay. Of course you need to size your PS to your printer, but I’m using 120W - 180W heatbeds on my printers. Cut the end off. Tie the White (12v+) wires together. Tie the Black (Ground) wires together. Tie the Red and Blue together, and then to ground to turn on. I put a switch in line between

Re: Small Delta Heated Beds? - 6 years ago

Search film heaters and you will find a 70mm circle 12W one.

Re: What PSU Wattage - 6 years ago

I've run a no heatbed RAMPS printer on a 5A 12V Laptop Power Supply. I've run 120W 12V heatbed RAMPS printers on a 16A Xbox 360 and a Dell DA-2 18A Power Bricks for about 3 years with no issues. You need to add up the Amps your boards+steppers+hotend+heatbed use. Then give yourself some extra capacity. If your using cheap chinese power supply then you might want to double it...

Re: Small Delta Heated Beds? - 6 years ago

You can just get a small piece of aluminum and attach a kapton heater to it.

Re: Has anyone tried using carbon fiber tube for the X axis? - 6 years ago

I've been using aluminum tubes for X/Y axis and bronze bushings for 2 years now on one of my printers.

Re: Material to hold the heated bed? - 6 years ago

Hi-Temp Silicone baking sheet maybe? Like dc42, I use M3 threaded pillars, but inserted through 3mm ID automotive Hi temp silicone hoses.

Re: Does anyone has Step by step guide for smartrap with updated STL files - 6 years ago

My build. Smartrap Mini Github Page Smartrap Mini Reprap Wiki Smartrap Mini Build Manual

Re: Does anyone has Step by step guide for smartrap with updated STL files - 6 years ago

Here are the 4.6 Files. I hope that helps

Re: Does anyone has Step by step guide for smartrap with updated STL files - 6 years ago

The original Smartrap or the Smartrap core?

Re: RAMPS-FD: SD and ESP8266 connection - 6 years ago

Re: Funbot i1 motor issues - 7 years ago

Did you get it figured out? Mike M

Re: Brand new Smartrap, still worth? - 8 years ago

I built the Smartrap your looking at as my first running 3d printer. Mine was version 4.6. It printed very well once dialed in, but required constant recalibration because if you happened moved it at all you need to readjust it. The newer solid base ones may have fixed that? RegPye's Y axis mod is also worth while. It was a great learning tool, and printed off parts for my next printer. I eventua

Re: Anyone still use the original smartrap? - 8 years ago

I tore mine down and built a Funbot M8 with the parts.

Re: Time to rebuild the OrdBot. - 8 years ago

I had finished it up quickly, so I could give it to my brother. They are great machines once you get them tuned. I think with the newer versions of Marlin there is just a simple setting in the Configuration_adv.h, but if that fails you can just set the E1 pins to match the Z pin number in pins.h for your board if I'm remembering correctly.

Re: Bluetooth instead of USB - 8 years ago

If I were you I would use Bluetooth to send the file to the SD card and then use the Bluetooth to start the print from the SD card.